George D. Branston, Treasurer of Manning, Maxwell & Moore Inc., informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that the schools has not paid two invoices from the previous summer. The school owes $461 for a Barnes upright drilling machine and $116 for a grinder.
Friedman informs Branston that he forwarded the two…
These materials include a request by Robert Bruce to have the government pay his transportation back home. Bruce wished to leave Carlisle early to help his father plant the wheat crop at their home in Montana.
This document contains a letter concerning the death of Alice Sowtea.
These materials include correspondence concerning a request to approve a check of Elizabeth La Vatta's.
Supervisor of Indian Funds Benton informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott that $35,000 of Carlisle Indian School students' money is held in the Farmers Trust Company in Carlisle, and the school handles all business and all record-keeping of this money. Benton recommends that the students should have to keep an account book and…
This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Josephine Warren.
Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co. informs the Department of the Interior that they have an unpaid invoice of $73.80 for blue-check material.
Chief of the Finance Division of the Department of the Interior Frank Govern encloses the letter to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and requests that he communicates directly with the…
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Milford Henderson at the Carlisle Indian School. Henderson was initially denied admittance to the School due to his proximity to attend a local public school. However, upon learning that his mother was moving to Wisconsin and due to the interceding of the Governor of Utah and…
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $350 from the "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" account for water supply required for domestic purposes.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the claim from Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co. for an unpaid invoice for blue-check material is void. Friedman states that the material was not the same as the sample and was eventually returned.
Chief of the Finance Division of Indian Affairs…
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott tells Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman to make a full report on all of the students who are leaving the school at the end of the academic year.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman advises against abolishing the Teachers' Club during July and August because he does not believe it is a good idea for employees to cook their own meals in their room. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbot agrees with Friedman.
These materials include a report on Fred Lookout and Julia Pryor, under the Osage Superintendency, who were both Carlisle Indian School alumni.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Montreville Yuda to F. H. Abbott, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to leave the Carlisle Indian School while remaining in the borough of Carlisle to work. School officials were opposed to this course of action, citing past difficulties with former students interfering with…
Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry A. D. Melvin informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Dr. F. C. Bigelow tested four cows for tuberculosis at the Carlisle Indian School and found one to be infected. Melvin requests that the infected animal be slaughtered in Harrisburg.
Acting Commissioner C. F. Hauke orders Superintendent…
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return home Agnes Bartholomeau and Edith Rainey.
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning accusations made by John Jackson. Jackson blamed Annie and Jean Richards for his allegations, which he recanted.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman provides a list of appropriations needed for running the school for 1913 and requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends him a statement of warehouse invoices and explains why he changed a certain fund.
Chief of the Finance Division H. Dimick provides Friedman with his…
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Emily Hardt Floyd to have her brother Edward Paul Bauer enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Floyd's request was denied as Bauer lived in a city and had access to local public schools.
These materials include correspondence concerning the account balances of three pupils; William Waupoose, James Welch, and Leslie James.
These materials include a typed and hand-written copy of a letter from J. F. Murray, praising the Carlisle Indian School. Murray discusses numerous topics, including Carlisle's assimilationist mission, appropriations and finances, discipline, local reactions to the school, and the school's management.
These materials include correspondence concerning Mollie Mantel's request to access her entire account balance in preparation for her marriage to Alfred LaMont.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $350 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1913" account on water supply for domestic purposes. Friedman later submits copies of a previous contract for light and water supply and requests that the contract for fiscal year 1914 is approved.
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Pauline Peazzoni at the Pennsylvania State Sanatorium at Monto Alto.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $700 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" account for water supply for domestic purposes for fiscal year 1914. He later corrects that the rate should be $0.03.33 per 1,000 gallons.
A month later, Friedman forwards the same request. First Assistant…